Tuesday, January 31, 2017

Anti-Feminist Institutions, Church, Court, Flo Kennedy

“It is interesting to speculate how it developed that in two of the most anti-feminist institutions, the church and the law court, the men are wearing dresses.” - Flo Kennedy

Found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 36.

Don't Compromise Yourself, Janis Joplin

“Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.” - Janis Joplin

Found in The Quotable Woman, by Running Press, Editor, page 34.

Monday, January 30, 2017

Reality, Shutting Door, Stress, Jennifer Unlimited, Jane Wagner

“Every time I close the door on reality it comes in through the windows.” - Jennifer Unlimited

“I made some studies, and reality is the leading cause of stress amongst those in touch with it.” - Jane Wagner

Both quotes found in Women's Lip: Outrageous, Irreverent and Just Plain Hilarious Quotes, edited by Roz Warren, page 100.

Sunday, January 29, 2017

Take Sides, Neutrality, Oppressor, Silence, Tormentor, Elie Wiesel

“We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” - Elie Wiesel

Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/e/elie_wiesel.html.

Fight, Sexism, Homophobia, Racism, Xenophobia, Global Climate Change, Ms. Magazine

“We are fighting for the right to live in the future. We will continue to fight against sexism, homophobia, racism, xenophobia and global climate change until the future is ours.” - Feminist Majoritiy Foundation East Coast Interns

From Ms. Magazine special election issue, Fall, 2016 page 11.

Saturday, January 28, 2017

In Germany they first came for the Communists, Martin Neimoller

"In Germany they first came for the Communists, and I didn't speak up, because I was not a communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up, because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time there was no one left to speak up for me." - Martin Niemoller, 1945 (WW1 war hero & U Boat Captain, WW2 pastor who spent 7 years in Nazi prisons).

This is one variant of the quote by Martin Niemoller. Variations include trade unionists, social democrats, and others. We are now observing orders in the U.S. aimed at Muslims, with the false idea that all Muslims are terrorists - an idea as wrong as the idea that "all blacks are bad", "all blonds are dumb", "all ____ are _____."

You can view this and some of the variants at https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Martin_Niemöller, or Google Martin Niemoller for more links.